单词 | to work evenings |
释义 | > as lemmasto work evenings In the evening; during the evening. Now chiefly North American colloquial, except in to work evenings. Cf. nights adv., days adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adverb] evensc1450 evenings?1557 acronically1594 soon1619 overdark1847 ?1557 Deceyte Women sig. Givv Euenynges and mornynges thei were together. 1652 H. Cogan tr. M. de Scudery Ibrahim iv. ii. 174 Mornings and evenings only I took him out Lessons. 1740 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) II. 423 When the sun shines on either side of us (as it does mornings and evenings), the shadows are very long. 1862 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 40 We have rather dull times, but evenings we write letters or sing. 1885 Cent. Mag. Nov. 35/1 We had some real good talks evenings, down on the rocks. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 56 You and your friend talked it over evenings when he was at the ranch. 1926 B. Ruck Her Pirate Partner xvi. 209 So, for all they keep you so close, you go out as you like, evenings! Every night of the week? 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 32 (advt.) Evenings, there's dancing to do, nightclubs to visit. 2002 C. Williams Sugar & Slate 87 I was seventeen, four months pregnant, working evenings in a greasy spoon café. < as lemmas |
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